# CVE-2022-40205: WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 - Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability

> Attackers with subscriber roles can modify the solved status of any forum post due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjv9-hqx9-p9x7

## What is CVE-2022-40205?

CVE-2022-40205 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin), published on 8 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability in the wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 on WordPress allows attackers with subscriber or higher user roles to mark any forum post as solved/unsolved.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40205?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gvectors Wpforo Forum.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in gVectors Team wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2024-3200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3200/): wpForo Forum <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-40200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40200/): WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 - Auth. Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-16613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16613/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-28562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28562/): wpForo Forum 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-2249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2249/): Server-side request forgery in wpForo Forum (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40205 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40205 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin), published on 8 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: gVectors Team wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40205/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40205/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40205
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40205
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40205

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40205/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.